TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods Looking for Sr. Director, Corporate Financial Controller at Kansas City, Missouri Full Time

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is a great place to work. You can see it in our team members. The diversity of the team and their unique contributions set us apart from the competition. Our success is based as much on our future friendly team as the innovative technology solutions we offer.

Our team members include people like you – enthusiastic, innovative, passionate and energetic. We believe that you’ll find our high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging and financially rewarding.

Here’s the impact you will make and what we will accomplish together

We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions and purpose-built applications for every participant in the supply chain, from seed manufacturers and farmers to grocery stores and consumer goods companies. Our solutions consist of the latest technologies that enable our customers to optimize their businesses with more accuracy, efficiency, and profit and create unified, trusted, and sustainable food and consumer goods value chains.

As the Sr. Director, Corporate Controller, you will apply your knowledge of both corporate accounting practices and US and International accounting standards to drive the complex accounting decision-making process along with managing the day-to-day financial operations. You will be responsible for leading a team of approximately 15-20 people in corporate accounting, consolidation, shared services, financial systems and indirect taxes.

This position reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer.

Location- US, 100% Remote

Here’s how

• Managing accumulation and consolidation of all financial data necessary for timely and accurate reporting of business results
• Establishing, implementing and monitoring accounting policies, practices and systems to create a strong internal control environment.
• Analyzing and reviewing financial data and preparing supplemental reporting packages for TELUS in preparation of their external financial statements.
• Partnering with the CFO to determine accounting and reporting implications for all material business decisions in a global business.
• Creating a growth mindset for the controller organization by hiring, developing, and promoting team members to higher levels of responsibility. This will include managing, coaching, and developing direct reports as well as mentoring and monitoring development goals for the entire controller organization.
• Providing leadership in implementation and rollout of SAP S4 ERP.
• Leading implementations of new accounting standards and ensuring compliance with existing standards.
• Researching, collaborating with TELUS corporate teams and implementing any changes related to revenue recognition (including SaaS), business combinations, and other accounting issues
• Overseeing the Company’s establishment of and compliance with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.
• Serving as the principal liaison with the Company’s internal and external auditors as well as managing various audit activities throughout the year, including the remediation of issues found during those audits.
• Strategizing and implementing the finance integration for merger and acquisition activity, joint venture formation, and asset and/or business disposition accounting, with a focus on the early identification and communication of how accounting will impact each transaction.
• Participating in strategic initiatives that optimize and enhance the operations of the Corporate Controller’s organization, including identifying and implementing new opportunities for process and productivity improvements in the accounting department.

What you bring to this role

• Strong experience and knowledge of accounting topics for global business with knowledge and practical application of IFRS and GAAP standards.
• Strong leadership skills and prior experience leading large global teams.
• Ability to identify, hire, develop, and promote diverse, talented team members through the organization.
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction to accomplish objectives.
• Successful collaboration in matrix organization to maximize performance, problem solve, and deliver results.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills to interact with and influence various levels of management.
• Dynamic, innovative, and problem resolution focused.
• Agility to work in a fast-paced, acquisitive environment and adapt and lead through change.
• Ability to immerse oneself to understand problems and propose solutions.
• Ability to effectively work in a multi-location organization and adapt to different cultures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or in a directly related field.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
• 12-15 years of progressive experience in the accounting and finance fields. Technically strong in accounting and external reporting with public accounting experience required. Prior experience with a publicly traded company is preferred.
• Supervisory experience is required. 7+ years in managing and scaling an accounting team.
• Knowledge and experience of SAP to assist with the analysis of data and presentation of information is essential.
• Prior experience with SaaS business is preferred.

Join us

Collectively, our talented team and integrated solutions uniquely position us to transform collaboration within the industry at a global level, empowering and connecting producers to consumers for a more efficient, sustainable future.

Everyone belongs at TELUS Agriculture. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how you do it, at TELUS Agriculture, your unique contribution and talents will be valued and respected. Because the more diverse perspectives we have the more likely we are to crack the code on what our customers want and our communities need.

Do you share our passion for enabling remarkable human outcomes?

Together, let’s make the future friendly.

Accessibility

TELUS Agriculture is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

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